Do RCI points make sense at all to you, with the new weeks' system, Points Lite?

[ampaholic]

Yes. TPU you get for the week has little to do with what the week cost someone else in TPU. I get 18 TPU for one of my weeks that RCI has right now for 5 TPU.

We are in a period of time with a bad economy and fewer travelers (thus fewer $179's for RCI) and offering 18 TPU for a week they sell for 5 TPU is RCI's way of holding a torch under the whole "world of timeshare travel" to heat it up so they get more $179's. Pretty smart actually.

That's all it is - it is also the subject of a waaaayyyy overblown thread featuring Tombo and Carolinian going at it hammer and tong.

 

[Elan]

Yes. TPU you get for the week has little to do with what the week cost someone else in TPU. I get 18 TPU for one of my weeks that RCI has right now for 5 TPU.

Right, I get that the 'in' doesn't necessarily equal the 'out'. But I thought the 'out' (TPU's granted for deposit) was a fixed value (outside a certain 'time to use" period). Apparently that's not even true.

 

[rickandcindy23]

We are in a period of time with a bad economy and fewer travelers (thus fewer $179's for RCI) and offering 18 TPU for a week they sell for 5 TPU is RCI's way of holding a torch under the whole "world of timeshare travel" to heat it up so they get more $179's. Pretty smart actually.That's all it is - it is also the subject of a waaaayyyy overblown thread featuring Tombo and Carolinian going at it hammer and tong.

Yes, it's good for all of us, so I don't understand why people complain. You always get more than you give with the new system.

 

[jlwquilter]

Yes, it's good for all of us, so I don't understand why people complain. You always get more than you give with the new system.

There are apparently those that do get less for a deposit than what that exact same week/unit costs to exchange into. So don't deposit it - duh. But seriously, I think it's mostly from people that were used to depositing and exchanging into a similar week/unit (similar as in they could do it in the past) and now find that RCI values their deposit less than then what they had thought given past exchanges.

Never say never and always avoid saying always is my motto!

 

[rickandcindy23]

Never say never and always avoid saying always is my motto!

Okay, so almost always. :rofl:

 

[jlwquilter]

Okay, so almost always. :rofl:

Yep.

 

[MichaelColey]

Right, I get that the 'in' doesn't necessarily equal the 'out'. But I thought the 'out' (TPU's granted for deposit) was a fixed value (outside a certain 'time to use" period). Apparently that's not even true.

The trading power assigned to deposits is relatively stable. RCI says that they are adjusted about once a year, and that's pretty much what we've observed. Many haven't changed at all, some have changed once and a very few have changed more than once.

 

[Ridewithme38]

Whats the highest TPU you guys have seen for a single week in RCI so far?

 

[Elan]

The trading power assigned to deposits is relatively stable. RCI says that they are adjusted about once a year, and that's pretty much what we've observed. Many haven't changed at all, some have changed once and a very few have changed more than once.

Thanks for the explanation. So is it true that the TPU value isn't published -- that one only knows the value upon deposit? If so, is someone compiling a log of TPU's somewhere?

 

[MichaelColey]

So is it true that the TPU value isn't published -- that one only knows the value upon deposit? If so, is someone compiling a log of TPU's somewhere?

Nope, not true. There is a deposit calculator on the RCI Weeks web site where you can look up the trading power you would receive for any unit for any week at any RCI-associated resort. The numbers can change in the future, but it'll show what you would get if you deposited right now.

 

[Elan]

Nope, not true. There is a deposit calculator on the RCI Weeks web site where you can look up the trading power you would receive for any unit for any week at any RCI-associated resort. The numbers can change in the future, but it'll show what you would get if you deposited right now.

Thanks Michael.

So if I could repeat my request:

Can someone with a weeks account please tell me the TPU value of the 2 weeks I listed earlier -- 2BR @ Eagle Crest Resort for July 4th week, and 2BR @ Boambee Bay for 2nd or 3rd week in July. Use year 2012 would be fine. Both of these weeks are worth about 60K RCI Points. Thanks!

 

[tschwa2]

Eagle Crest=33
Boambee=16

 

[Elan]

Eagle Crest=33
Boambee=16

Thank you!